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Case Reports
. 2013 Oct;17(Suppl 1):S146-8.
doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.119539.

Tale of two rare diseases

Ravindra Shukla  1 , Asish Kumar Basu, Biplab Mandal, Pradip Mukhopadhyay, Animesh Maity, Anirban Sinha
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Case Reports

Tale of two rare diseases

Ravindra Shukla et al. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Oct.

Abstract

Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) phenotype is variable &various genes have been decribed in association with IHH. We describe association of IHH with mosaic trisomy 13. A 20 year old male presented with lack of development of secondary sexual characters, normal height, micropenis, small testes, gynaecomastia, absence of axillary and pubic hairs, hyposmia, synkinesis, bilateral horizontal nystagmus and high arched palate. Investigations showed low gonadotropin, low total testosterone, LH after stimulation with 100 mcg tryptorelin sc was 11.42 mU/mL at 40 min. MRI of hypothalamo-pituitary region showed normal olfactory bulb and tract but shallow olfactory sulcus. Karyotype showed homologous Robertsonian translocation of chromosome 13. This case fits classical IHH except for LH rise on stimulation. Features of Patau syndrome which is associated with trisomy 13 are absent in our case. Mosaic trisomy 13, which can otherwise be rare incidental finding, has not been described in association with IHH. Causal association of novel mutation on chromosome 13 leading to aforementioned phenotype cannot be rule out.

Keywords: Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; Kallman syndrome genes; mosaic trisomy13; shallow olfactory.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

Figures

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Normal facial features, no micropthamia, bulbous nose, hyperteorism, or any Patau syndrome phenotype
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Micropenis and small testes
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Delayed bone age
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Olfactory bulb present
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Shallow olfactory sulcus
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Deletion of chromosome 13 at band 13p10.8 and another showing trisomy 13 with homologous Robertsonian translocation
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